Selected Publications by Laura Cassiday, Ph.D.
FEATURE ARTICLES:
From data to insight to action: The very human challenges of AI transformation, Venture Beat, Aug. 11, 2024.
3 Ways Neuroscience Can Help You Become a Better Leader, Your Brain at Work blog, Feb. 21, 2024.
AI’s Social Skills Are Better Than You Think, Your Brain at Work blog, Nov. 22, 2023.
Lots of Companies Use Personality Tests for Hiring Decisions. Here’s Why That Can Backfire, Your Brain at Work blog, April 27, 2023.
Clean Meat, Inform 29 (2), Feb. 2018, p. 6–14.
The Curious Case of the Arsenolipids, Inform 28 (3), March 2017, p. 6–12.
The Highs and Lows of Cannabis Testing, Inform 27, Oct. 2016, p. 6–13.
Sink or Swim: Fish Oil Supplements and Human Health. Inform 27, April 2016, p. 6–13.
Big Fat Controversy: Changing Opinions About Saturated Fats, Inform 26, June 2015, p. 342–349, 377.
Gene Therapy Reboot, Nature 509, May 28, 2014, p. 651–653.
More Than a Crystallographer, Nature 505, Jan. 30, 2014, p. 711–713.
The Preservative Wars, Inform 24, Feb. 2013, p. 70–77.
Top Companies for Chemists, Chemical & Engineering News 43, Oct. 22, 2012, p. 45–47.
The Secrets of Belgian Chocolate, Inform, Cover Story, May 2012, p. 282–287, p. 312–313.
Research Renaissance, Chemical & Engineering News 89, Jan. 24, 2011, p. 48–50.
Food Safety Sentinels, Nature 468, Dec. 8, 2010, p. 857–858.
Mile-high Dreams, Nature 466, June 30, 2010, p. 146–147.
Eat Less, Live Longer? New Scientist, June 3, 2010, p. 36–39.
Mapping the Epigenome, Chemical & Engineering News 87, Sept. 14, 2009, p. 11–16.
The Curious Case of Caloric Restriction, Chemical & Engineering News 87, Aug. 3, 2009, p. 36–39.
PRESS RELEASES:
Space-Grown Lettuce Could Help Astronauts Avoid Bone Loss, ACS Spring 2022 National Meeeting Release, March 22, 2022.
‘Worm-on-a-Chip’ Device Could Someday Help Diagnose Lung Cancer, ACS Spring 2022 National Meeting Release, March 20, 2022.
Fluorescent Spray Lights up Tumors for Easy Detection During Surgery, ACS Weekly PressPac, Oct. 13, 2021.
‘Nanojars’ Capture Dissolved Carbon Dioxide, Toxic Ions from Water, ACS Fall 2021 National Meeting Release, Aug. 25, 2021.
Sweat Sensor Could Alert Doctors, Patients to Looming COVID Cytokine Storm, ACS Spring 2021 National Meeting Release, April 16, 2021.
Making Music from Spider Webs, ACS Spring 2021 National Meeting Release, April 12, 2021.
An mRNA Vaccine for Cancer Immunotherapy, ACS Weekly PressPac, Feb. 17, 2021.
Load-Reducing Backpack Powers Electronics by Harvesting Energy from Walking, ACS Weekly PressPac, Feb. 3, 2021.
A DNA-Based Nanogel for Targeted Chemotherapy, ACS Weekly PressPac, Nov. 18, 2020.
Chili-Shaped Device Could Reveal Just How Hot That Pepper Is, ACS Weekly PressPac, Oct. 21, 2020.
Making Dog Food More Delectable by Analyzing Aromas, ACS Weekly PressPac, Sept. 9, 2020.
Immunotherapy Extends Survival in Mouse Model of Hard-to-Treat Breast Cancer, ACS Fall 2020 National Meeting Release, Aug. 17, 2020.
Superworms Digest Plastic, With Help From Their Bacterial Sidekicks, ACS Weekly PressPac, May 27, 2020.
Nanobowls Serve up Chemotherapy Drugs to Cancer Cells, ACS Weekly PressPac, May 20, 2020.
The Best Material for Homemade Face Masks May Be a Combination of Two Fabrics, ACS Weekly PressPac, April 24, 2020.
Saliva Test for Cannabis Could Someday Help Identify Impaired Drivers, ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting Release, March 30, 2020.
Plastic Teabags Release Microscopic Particles into Tea, ACS Weekly PressPac, Sept. 25, 2019.
A Homing Beacon for Chemotherapy Drugs, ACS Weekly PressPac, June 12, 2019.
DNA Nanorobots Target HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Cells, ACS Weekly PressPac, June 12, 2019.
Liquid Crystals Could Help Deflect Laser Pointer Attacks on Aircraft, ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting Release, April 1, 2019.
Nanomaterials Give Plants 'Super' Abilities, ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting Release, April 3, 2019.
Capturing Chemotherapy Drugs Before They Can Cause Side Effects, ACS Weekly PressPac, Jan. 16, 2019.
Rainforest Vine Compound Starves Pancreatic Cancer Cells, ACS Weekly PressPac, Nov. 15, 2018.
Paintable Chemotherapy Shrinks Skin Tumors in Mice, ACS Weekly PressPac, Sept. 26, 2018.
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VIDEO SCRIPTS:
Shape-Morphing Microrobots Deliver Drugs to Cancer Cells, ACS Headline Science, Nov. 17, 2021.
Sneeze Cam Reveals Best Fabric Combos for Cloth Masks, ACS Headline Science, June 23, 2021.
Small Robot Swimmers That Heal Themselves From Damage, ACS Headline Science, March 24, 2021.
Spider Combs Tame Unruly Nanofibers, ACS Headline Science, April 22, 2020.
How Rattlesnakes’ Scales Help Them Sip Rainwater From Their Bodies, ACS Headline Science, Jan. 8, 2020.
‘Artificial Muscle’ Makes Paper Doll Do Sit-Ups, ACS Headline Science, July 17, 2019.
Making Music From Proteins, ACS Headline Science, June 26, 2019.
‘Terminator’-Like Liquid Metal Moves and Stretches, ACS Headline Science, March 20, 2019.
NEWS SUMMARIES:
Hair-Raising Technique Detects Drugs, Explosives on Human Body, ScienceNOW, July 10, 2014.
Smart Phones Snap Pictures of Individual Virus Particles, Analytical SCENE, Sept. 20, 2013.
Bacterial Sentinels Patrol for Pathogens, Biological SCENE, July 5, 2013.
Carbon Nanotubes Help Grow Beating Heart Tissue, Nano SCENE, Feb. 14, 2013.
Nanoparticles Worm Their Way into the Food Web, Environmental SCENE, Oct. 7, 2010.
Taking a Bite Out of the Bed Bug Sialome, Journal of Proteome Research, July 2, 2010, p. 3765.
For miRNA Genes, Thin is In(tron), www.epigenie.com, March 3, 2010.
Bacteria Say NO to Drugs, Chemical & Engineering News, News of the Week, Sept. 14, 2009, p. 8.
Nanomaterials Bug Fruit Flies, Chemical & Engineering News, Science Concentrate, Aug. 17, 2009, p. 37.​
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BOOK REVIEWS:
The Bad Food Bible by Aaron Carroll, Inform 29 (2), Feb. 2018, p. 30-31.
Synthesizing Life, Chemical & Engineering News 92, Jan. 27, 2014, p. 30–31.
Time in a Bottle, Chemical & Engineering News 88, Aug. 23, 2010, p. 41–42.
TEXTBOOK CHAPTER:
Rajman, L., Cassiday, L., and Sinclair, D. A. (2015) “Genome Instability” (p. 713–743) in Molecular and Cellular Biology of Aging. Vijg, J., Campisi, J., and Lithgow, G., Eds. GSA Press, Washington, D.C.
WHITE PAPERS:​
Cassiday, L., Girdhar, T., Snider, K., Sarro, E., and Rock, D. Transforming Healthcare:
NLI Industry Trends and Impacts Report, 2024.​
Cassiday, L., Sarro, E., and Rock, D. Transform Organizational Culture Through A Growth Mindset. NeuroLeadership Journal, 11: 1-15, 2024.
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PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Tomky, L. A.*, Strauss-Soukup, J. K., and Maher, L. J. Effects of phosphate neutralization on the shape of the AP-1 transcription factor binding site in duplex DNA. Nucleic Acids Res., 26: 2298-2305, 1998.
Cassiday, L. A., and Maher, L. J. In vivo recognition of an RNA aptamer by its transcription factor target. Biochemistry, 40: 2433-2438, 2001.
Cassiday, L. A, Lebruska, L. L., Benson, L. M., Naylor, S., Owen, W. G., and Maher, L. J. Binding stoichiometry of an RNA aptamer and its transcription factor target. Anal. Biochem., 306: 290-297, 2002.
Cassiday, L. A., and Maher, L. J. Having it both ways: Transcription factors that bind DNA and RNA. Nucleic Acids Res., 30: 4118-4126, 2002.
Cassiday, L. A., and Maher, L. J. Yeast genetic selections to optimize RNA decoys for transcription factor NF-κB. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100: 3930-3935, 2003.
Huang, D.-B., Vu, D., Cassiday, L. A., Zimmerman, J. M., Maher, L. J., and Ghosh, G. Crystal structure of NF-κB (p50)2 complexed to a high-affinity RNA aptamer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100: 9268-9273, 2003.
Riley, K. J.-L., Cassiday, L. A., Kumar, A., and Maher, L. J. Recognition of RNA by the p53 tumor suppressor protein in the yeast three-hybrid system. RNA, 12: 620-630, 2006.
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*former name of L. A. Cassiday